So TriBoomer and I chatted briefly today and while we’re still short on volunteers, we aren’t short on ingenuity and planning. TriBoomer is putting together an overall project plan that we can follow that will allow us even when we are dead tired to know where and when to run, eat sleep, drive, etc…

For those of you that are new to my blog, you might not have followed all of the antics leading up to Ironman Wisconsin two years ago. I had the pleasure of staying with my teammate Brett “Texafornia” Blankner, his lively wife Emily and their amazing son Kai in the fish room in Madison. The night before the race, Emily, Kai and I went out to mark up the course for JetPack and Texafornia and when we returned to the room, Brett was hunched over the sink mixing all sorts of concoctions that would propel him to victory over his nemesis the following day. Well, Brett is at it again. Make no mistake, Brett is into this race!

So thanks to the wonders of You Tube, Emily was able to send me this video of Brett’s mentor, who is helping him and us to prepare for any eventuality on the RAGNAR course. I think you’ll be quite impressed with what Brett will be prepared to do with some pink cotton balls and a jar of Vaseline…impressed, but if you know Brett, you may not necessarily be surprised.

After watching this, it won’t take you long to see where Brett gets his signature podcasting style from, who films his videos and where he gets his hair cut. I have to admit that I do have a problem with Brett anywhere near Vaseline, cotton balls and pill bottles. As they said in STRIPES, someday this man may save your life, and then again maybe he won’t. Enjoy!